BKR

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BKR was the abbreviated name of the People's Security Agency, an early post-World War II Indonesian security and defense organization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indonesian security organization
defunct organization
abbreviationOf Badan Keamanan Rakyat
activity collecting weapons from former Japanese forces
organizing local militias
protecting newly formed republican government
commandStructure loosely organized local units
country Indonesia
dissolutionReason reorganization of Indonesian armed forces
dissolvedInPeriod late 1945
dissolvedInYear 1945
EnglishName People's Security Agency
establishedAfterEvent Indonesian declaration of independence
surface form: Proclamation of Indonesian Independence
establishedBy Indonesian nationalist leaders
establishedInPeriod post-World War II
establishedInYear 1945
evolvedInto Indonesian National Armed Forces
fullName Badan Keamanan Rakyat
historicalContext Indonesian National Revolution
Japanese occupation of Indonesia aftermath
jurisdiction Indonesia
surface form: Republic of Indonesia
languageOfName Indonesian
locatedIn Java
Sumatra
other Indonesian regions
notableFor being one of the first security bodies of independent Indonesia
operatedIn Indonesia
predecessor Japanese-sponsored auxiliary forces in Indonesia
primaryFunction defense of the new republic
people's security
relatedTo Indonesian National Armed Forces
Indonesian National Revolution
Indonesian declaration of independence
surface form: Proclamation of Indonesian Independence
role defense organization
maintaining internal security
organizing armed resistance
security organization
status defunct
successor People's Security Army
Badan Keamanan Rakyat
surface form: Tentara Keamanan Rakyat
timePeriod mid-1940s
typeOfOrganization paramilitary organization
usedBy Republican authorities in early independence period

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